Full Freeview on the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 940,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Black Hill transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Black Hill transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 26km west (271°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 26km west (271°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Ardtornish A | Transposer | 22 km NW Oban | 15 homes |
| Balquhidder | Transposer | 12 km NW Callander | 42 homes |
| Benmore B | Active deflector | 50 m WNW Glasgow | 7 homes |
| Blair Drummond | Transposer | 5 homes caravan park | |
| Blyth Bridge | Active deflector | 30 km SW Edinburgh | 50 homes |
| Glendaruel | Active deflector | 40 hotel | 40 homes hotel |
| Glendaruel B | Active deflector | 12 homes (second level) |
How will the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1957-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | E T | W T | ||||
| C10 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C30 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | com7 | ||||||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C41 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C51tv_off | LG | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | _local | COM8tv_off |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 8 Jun 11 and 22 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 500kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| com7 | (-10.7dB) 42.9kW | |
| com8 | (-11.1dB) 39.2kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-14dB) 20kW | |
| LG | (-20dB) 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
Black Hill Freeview Black Hill DAB Black Hill TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Glasgow micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Black Hill transmitter area
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Thursday, 10 March 2011
BLACK HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:38 today [BBC]
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BLACK HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:38 today to 09:53 today [BBC]
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BLACK HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:38 today to 09:53 today [BBC]
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Friday, 11 March 2011
BLACK HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:38 yesterday to 09:53 yesterday [BBC]
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BLACK HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:38 yesterday to 09:53 yesterday [BBC]
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george mackay12:17 PM
Glasgow
i live in block of shelter housing some days get 69 tv channels other day like today only 55 always same channels ie no 15 58 21 18 ect. advice is it the weather??
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george's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
george mackay: It is not likley to be the weather - please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Monday, 14 March 2011
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Scott5:06 PM
Nobody should worry at this stage about Freeview reception. In June the power levels will be multiplied by 5 (or by 10 for HD) so all problems are likely to disappear then.
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Mike Dimmick6:05 PM
Reading
george mackay: I assume you're using a communal aerial. The weather will have some effect, but the most likely reason is that some cable or connection is letting water in, stopping the highest frequencies from getting through properly.
It's also possible that the aerial wasn't swapped for a wideband or semi-wideband (Group E) type for Freeview reception - multiplex C might have been OK as it's only just out of the old analogue group, but multiplex D is way outside. That said, I'd expect it not to work at all, rather than just working occasionally.
All post-switchover multiplexes are within the old analogue group, Group B, so there's really no point in changing the aerial with three months to go.
If other people in the block are getting reliable results on Mux D when you aren't, ask if you can temporarily swap your box for theirs. If your box works in their flat but theirs doesn't work in yours, it's probably something in the cabling to your flat. Get the property manager to sort it out.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
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Maurice2:24 PM
Hello, I note that there is references being made to possible changes being made some transmitters up to 2013. Is this for frequency changes or for power outputs or both?
Secondly I note that a considerable number of your correspondence are having problems in receiving the HD frequencies. Is Blackhill radiating the HD frequency (59) in the same pattern as the rest of channels or is that as I read somewhere that the signal is being beam at the main population areas e.g The cities?
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